My son loves his Voltron Black Lion plushie! Thanks, Cave Zone!
Category Archives: parenthood
Twitter Update: April 23, 2019 at 07:11AM
This quilt that @relysh made for my son’s 2nd birthday is still his favorite at age 7 1/2. 😆
Challenges in Parenting
Sometimes it amazes me how much my son is a perfect mash-up of me and his Dad, while still being very much his own person. Talkative, creative, intelligent, snarky, and sneaky, with a short temper and a big heart. Some of these traits come from one or the other of us, and some come from both… but when something comes up that’s foreign to one or the other of us — like not wanting to go to school because it’s boring — it takes some effort to get into his head and figure out how to help.
I asked Connor on two different occasions why it is that he doesn’t want to go to school. Some of the answers he gave:
- Math is easy and boring for him, and his teacher knows it.
- Writing is stupid.
- He keeps getting in trouble.
- His best friend has become a bit of a bully, and that makes him uncomfortable.
Some of these complaints are easily fixed, and some not so much.
Status: Mad Face
As I was wrangling Connor this morning, he informed me that my mad face looks funny. Not what I wanted to hear in that moment.
My Little Badass
[Taken April 3, 2019 at 7:15PM]
Not only did Connor earn his yellow belt in karate this week but, as a member of Black Belt Training Club, he also started learning a new weapon: the kama.